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Nothing But The Blues

Recorded	Oct 11, 1957
Label	Verve Records
Released	1957
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 514570

The record

Twelve-bar blues get the first-call treatment here, Getz's tenor floating cool above the changes while Brown and Levey lock in tight. A Verve session with no arrangements to hide behind, just seasoned players stretching out.

Session personnel

Ray Brown — bass
Stan Levey — drums
Herb Ellis — guitar
Stan Getz — tenor saxophone
Roy Eldridge — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 22 pressings on file.

1957	Verve Records · MG V-8252 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1957	Verve Records · MG V-8252 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1959	Columbia · 33CX 10139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1974	Verve Records — MONO
1985	Verve Records · 20MJ 0048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1994	Verve Records · 314 521 674-2 — CD, Album, Reissue
1994	Verve Records · 521 674-2 — CD, Album, Reissue
1994	Verve Records · POCJ-2316 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
2004	Verve Records · UCCV-9173 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
2004	Verve Reissues (2) — File, ALAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 16-Bit/44.1 kHz
2010	Fresh Sound Records · FSR 1648 — CD, Album, Reissue
2010	Poll Winners Records · PWR 27240 — CD, Album, Compilation, Reissue
2011	Speakers Corner Records · MG V-8252 — Vinyl, LP, Album
2011	Verve Records · UCCU-9761 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered